The Veteran's bowel incontinence is rated at 60 percent, but not more. The Board also granted a TDIU prior to January 18, 2013.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed frequent involuntary bowel movements and leakage, which supported the grant of a higher rating for bowel incontinence.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- Not specified
- Citation
- 18100191
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeals for a compensable evaluation for bladder incontinence and bowel incontinence have been withdrawn and dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 24, 2014, for service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, a rating of 40 percent from April 24, 2014 to August 13, 2020 for the back disability, and a separate rating for bowel incontinence associated with the back disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bowel and urinary incontinence, both secondary to the appellant's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bowel incontinence and radiculopathies of various bilateral upper and lower extremities as secondary to a low back disability due to the lack of evidence showing current diagnoses.
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